sell for Cinematography; Alfred Hitchcock for Best Director. However, Psycho did not receive a single award.
             Alfred Hitchcock did the casting of the movie very carefully. He chose Anthony Perkins, for the role of Norman Bates, who at the time was a relatively new actor. Janet Leigh who was a bigger star than Anthony Perkins played the role of Marion Crane. Her being cast in such an unconventional role caused quite a stir. It was a deliberate attempt to make the murder of Marion Crane in the movie more shocking. Vera Miles was cast for the role of Marion's sister Lila. She was one of Alfred Hitchcock's protégés. A fairly inexperienced actor John Gavin played the character of Sam Loomis. Alfred Hitchcock employed John L. Russell for cinematography; Graphic designer Saul Bass worked on the film's title and the storyboards, and composer Bernard Herrmann Created the music for the film. Joseph Stefano did the screenplay of the movie.
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             The plot of the movie is fairly simple. Marion Crane and Sam Loomis cannot marry because of Sam's debts. When Marion is asked by her boss to bank $40,000., she decides to steal the money. She heads toward the city in which Sam live, but ends up staying in the Bates motel Where she meets the owner Norman Bates. Marion and Norman talk about their problems over supper and Marion decides to head back home and return the money. However, she is murdered in the shower by what appears to be Norman's mother. Norman disposes off Marion's body but soon finds him being interrogated by a private detective Arbogast, who is sent to trace the money, and by Marion's sister Lila, and Sam, who are concerned about Marion's disappearance. When Arbogast tried to approach Norman's mother he too is killed. And when Sam and Lila t...